What Is Real? offers an engaging and accessible overview of the debates surrounding the interpretation of quantum mechanics.'- Science 'A riveting storyteller, Becker brings to life physicists who have too long remained in the shadow of Bohr and Einstein. What Is Real? is an argument for keeping an open mind.'- Nature That's a key call, with influential scientists such as Neil deGrasse Tyson dismissing the discipline as a waste of time. 'Becker.make a case for the importance of philosophy. On physics for historically contingent reasons.'- Washington Post hopes toĬonvince us that the Cophenhagen interpretation has had too great an influence

With deeply detailed research,Īccompanied by charming anecdotes about the scientists. He has clearly done extensive and meticulous historical research.'- David Z. 'Becker's book is one of the first attempts we have at telling this story in a way that acknowledges how it actually turned out-acknowledges, that is, who won these debates about the Copenhagen interpretation, who lost them, who pretended otherwise, and how they got away with it.

He makes a convincing case that it's wrong to imagine the Copenhagen interpretation as a single official or even coherent statement.'- New York Times Book Review leads us through an impressive account of the rise of competing interpretations, grounding them in the human stories, which are naturally messy and full of contingencies. 'A thorough, illuminating exploration of the most consequential controversy raging in modern science. 'In What Is Real? Adam Becker tells a fascinating if complex story of quantum dissidents.An excellent, accessible account.'- Wall Street Journal

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